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7.1A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
One-Armed Boxer
1972
6.2In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.
Beach of the War Gods
1973
NRCheerful graphic comedy taking place in a girl-jammed electronic processing factory. A young foreman, initiative and ambitious and hardworking, falls in love with a girl worker who leaves him because of a third party involved, but comes back to him at last and helps him run a factory of his own.
Fly Up with Love
1979
6.0The complicated story involves the military conquest of a peaceful island-nation by an evil despot and his sorcerer ally. His victory leaves the island's three heroic protectors dead, but, their young children are hidden away to grow to adulthood with different identities, unaware of their heritage, in hope that, in time, they might challenge and defeat the evil ruler. The charming Polly Kuan stars as one of these children who has been adopted by the conquerer himself, initially as an insult to the defeated hero, later as his protégé.
Return of the Kung Fu Dragon
1978
6.7A kung-fu fighting detective investigating the murder of the emperor's wife uncovers a high-ranking conspiracy.
Tough Guy
1978
6.4White Dragon must get a list with the names of rebel supporters to Prince Ma Tung, the leader of the rebellion. Trying to stop him in his mission is the evil Prime Minister, who naturally wants the list in order to crush his opposition. Adding another complication is the fact that Ma Tung wants to kill White Dragon in revenge for the humiliation Tung's father suffered in a duel against White Dragon years earlier.
Blood of the Dragon
1971
Film credits
1980s · 6 titles
5.5Fists fly when four generations of old-school fighters compete for Madame Green Plum's beautiful daughter in this action-packed martial arts classic. Kung fu masters Silver Spear, Red Leaf, Fast Steed and Green Lotus must survive dangerous obstacles and fight each other to the death to wed the lovely maiden of the Green Jade Villa and inherit her millions. Tin Peng, Meng Fei, Chan Sing, Doris Lung, Tin Yau and Tong Wai star.
The Silver Spear
1980
4.0A female ninja avenges her mother's death.
Phoenix the Ninja
1981
4.5A swordsman uses a specialized weapon made from a deformed sword, the lethal hook, to fight an underworld clan to clear his family name and save the girl he loves in ancient China.
The Deadly Sword
1980
NRAfter the cession of Taiwan to Japan in 1895 by the Manchu government, people on the island staged a series of anti-Japanese revolts to oppose the tyrannical rule of the Japanese militarists.
A Man of Immortality
1981
NRTwo gangs who run up against each other time and time again, their small skirmishes leading up to a sensational showdown that will determine, once and for all, who rules the land. Who will win is anybody’s guess.
Devil Killer
1981
No synopsis available yet.
The Way to Happiness
1980
1970s · 37 titles
7.1A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
One-Armed Boxer
1972
6.2In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.
Beach of the War Gods
1973
NRCheerful graphic comedy taking place in a girl-jammed electronic processing factory. A young foreman, initiative and ambitious and hardworking, falls in love with a girl worker who leaves him because of a third party involved, but comes back to him at last and helps him run a factory of his own.
Fly Up with Love
1979
6.0The complicated story involves the military conquest of a peaceful island-nation by an evil despot and his sorcerer ally. His victory leaves the island's three heroic protectors dead, but, their young children are hidden away to grow to adulthood with different identities, unaware of their heritage, in hope that, in time, they might challenge and defeat the evil ruler. The charming Polly Kuan stars as one of these children who has been adopted by the conquerer himself, initially as an insult to the defeated hero, later as his protégé.
Return of the Kung Fu Dragon
1978
6.7A kung-fu fighting detective investigating the murder of the emperor's wife uncovers a high-ranking conspiracy.
Tough Guy
1978
6.4White Dragon must get a list with the names of rebel supporters to Prince Ma Tung, the leader of the rebellion. Trying to stop him in his mission is the evil Prime Minister, who naturally wants the list in order to crush his opposition. Adding another complication is the fact that Ma Tung wants to kill White Dragon in revenge for the humiliation Tung's father suffered in a duel against White Dragon years earlier.
Blood of the Dragon
1971
5.3Also known as The Blind Swordsman's Revenge, this is Zatoichi Versus The Flying Guillotine (1972). Zatoichi is "born Wu Ching Hui, he was kidnapped by pirates as a youth and taken to Japan, where he learned his cane sword skills. He appears to be widely known in China by his Japanese name, but as the film opens he is just returning to China to look up his long-lost brother, Tieh Hou. To his dismay, he learns that the brother has been killed in a sword duel with one Chu Yen Jieh. The grief-stricken prodigal blubbers in mourning and vows revenge."
A Sword Renounced
1973
7.8When a martial arts expert discovers the existence of an illegal slave trade in the 1930s, he goes to great lengths to overthrow it.
Furious Slaughter
1972
6.0A village under the thumb of a band of thugs recruits a hero to help fight them off.
Rage of the Tiger
1971
NRFlyer & Magic Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.
Flyer & Magic Sword
1971
6.0During the Sung dynasty, Ch'in Kuei, a corrupt premier, orders the arrest of Yüeh Fei, an heroic general. Ling Yu Fong, an idealistic follower of the general, recruits a small force to free him, failing miserably, losing most of his troops and sustaining wounds. He's hidden and nursed back to health by a troupe of traveling acrobats, two brothers and two sisters. One of the sisters falls in love with Ling. He asks them to help him free the general, and the five undertake this quest against great odds. The general himself brings an element into the story that his liberators do not anticipate.
The Invincible Sword
1971
6.7Jimmy Wang Yu leads revolutionaries against the Manchus featuring his trademark huge fights.
Fury of King Boxer
1972
5.5During the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty, a mainland Chinese patriot becomes a one-man resistance force to defend a timber works against the invading Japanese army.
Kung Fu Inferno
1973
6.4Hong Kong superstar Jimmy "One Arm Boxer" Wang Yu stars as the Bamboo blade, China's top swordsman. His services are rendered by the Imperial treasury who want him to infiltrate a powerful gang of Highwaymen and get back the stolen silver bullion. After numerous deadly encounters the gang are beaten by the bamboo sword and only the gang leader remains, however he is a lot tougher than was originally bargained for.
The Magnificent Chivalry
1971
9.7The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.
Layout
1977
NRChia Ling portrays a tough kung fu kicking Hong Kong cop who comes up one of the toughest criminal syndicates in Asia, with her tough skills and quick mind she manages to bring the gang to justice.
Fist of Dragon
1977
5.5A most touching and consistently heart-gripping war drama depicts the heroic deeds of General Chang Tsu-chung who was even held in high esteem and dubbed as “Mars of China” by his Japanese counterpart, General Itagaki during Sino-Japanese war.
The Everlasting Glory
1976
NRFlight Man takes place in Taiwan in 1933, when the country was under Japanese occupation after the First Sino-Japanese War. The Taiwanese people have signed a petition to have the Japanese establish a Taiwan council, but instead this merely provokes the Japanese police to hunt down and round up everyone who signed the petition.
Flight Man
1973
9.0The story of a fighter who avenges his slain father and recovers stolen gold.
The Shadow Chaser
1973
NRTaiwanese horror film.
Ghost Under the Cold Moonlight
1975
6.2Shang Li is suspected of murder. He runs away, and while the hunters search for him, they have plenty of time to think again. Maybe Shang Li is innocent? Isn't there someone else around with a much better reason to commit that murder? Which takes us into the second half of the movie where much more kung fu fighting takes place than in the first.
Men of the Hour
1977
4.0Hsiao Chiu-shu returns to his home village after a nine year long hiatus. He quickly gets accused of a gold theft in the emperor's palace by a high ranking soldier, and a well payed assassin is also after Hsiao's head.
A Sword Shot at the Sun
1979
NRThe General's daughter (Polly Kuan) teams up with the righteous leader of a poor band of salt traders (Pai Ying) to help smash the reign of terror over the town's folk by the army. A personal quest for revenge develops between the two heads of each side resulting in a bloody and bleak conclusion for all...
The Venturer
1976
7.0In Chinese folklore a white snake symbolizes a woman, especially an evil type of woman, while a black bull typifies a man, robust, strong and virile. "Black Bull and White Snake", a film version of Young Nien-ts'u's best-selling novel of the same title, is exactly about a white snake-woman, having been sold into prostitution at an early age, is rescued by a black bull of a man only to fall back into the gutter again. A production from the Grand Motion Picture Company, "Black Bull and White Snake" stars Chiang Ching and newcomer Tien Yeh.
Black Bull and White Snake
1970
NRComedy about a businessman who hires killers to kill himself when he goes bankrupt.
The Hot Pursuit
1974
NRTong Bo Wan and Chang Yi are two expert martial artists who protect the famous Whampoa wharf in Guangzhou from gangsters who are expoiting the dock workers.
On The Waterfront
1972
No synopsis available yet.
The Brave Ones
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Evergreen Mountains
1970
NRA gravely ill company chairman refuses his medication while his attentive private secretary courts the chairman’s daughter. After the chairman dies, the secretary wins her love and gains control of the family fortune — only for his true, murderous intentions to emerge.
The Midnight Song
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Prosperous of Family
1970
6.0Zatoichi goes to Taiwan to fight the Chinese.
The Blind Hero Fighting Evil Wolf
1972
3.0For a long time, a modest village lives in terror because of the raids of a bunch of bandits. Miners and farmers, wanting to avoid the worst, decide to outsource all their savings to Tang's bank. These men are directly attacked by Zatoichi's intervention, a blind man who is an expert swordsman despite his infirmity, and Bruce Wong, a young fighter who returns to the village after three years of exile. At a later time, Tang finds that the bandits know all their moves because they are informed by a traitor. Suspects seem to be Ju Ju, a prostitute and cabaret singer, however, when the girl is killed by the brigands, the real culprit is revealed as Kian Chan, the bank counselor. Bruce and Zatoichi vow to kill him...
Trust and Brotherhood
1972
8.0The man, the legend, the hero known as Jimmy Wang Yu returns in his greatest adventure since the One Armed Swordsman! Wang Yu must protect an army General from treachery while on an important mission. He must not only move fast but think and outwit the enemy as well.
Fast Fists
1973
NRGhost story.
The Old Lock
1977
NRWhile camping in the mountains, a college student finds a bundle intended for a ghost marriage and encounters a mysterious young woman living in an isolated house. As he falls in love with her, he is drawn into a supernatural romance that crosses the boundary between the living and the dead.
The Ghost Lover
1976
6.0A rich landowner has an affair with a poor girl and gets her pregnant. He refuses to marry her, and on a cold night the woman and baby freeze to death. They return as ghosts to haunt him.
All in the Dim Cold Night
1974
NRThe owner of a gym, Yeh Ching Hai, is pursued by assassins hired by a Japanese boss (Yee Yuen). Despite having a dagger embedded in his torso, he summons every ounce of crazy strength to defeat the minions of bully-boy Black Eagle (Tsai Hung).
Champion of the Boxers
1972
1960s · 7 titles
1.0The Three Kingdoms period begins as the walled fortress of Hsin Yang falls to invaders. Centered around this historical event, The Last Days of Hsin Yang follows the escape of the prince of Hsin Yang as he hides with a small family and escapes from the sacked and burning city. Epic battle scenes employ hundreds of extras, and forest swordplay is reminiscent of House of Flying Daggers.
The Last Day of Hsianyang
1968
NRThe Magnificent Monk is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie
The Magnificent Monk
1969
NRTien Yua, most well known for being the bad guy in Wang Yu films, especially the One Armed Boxer is the good guy here. Frankie Wei is in it as his rival. This is a rare film.
The Ace of Swordsman
1969
A rural magistracy encounters three scourges that threaten destruction to the entire village: a fierce tiger, a demonic dragon and a criminal convict fugitive who turns out to be the only hope for salvation to defeat the other two evils.
A Valiant Villian
1969
6.8The winters in Northern China could become rather bitter and harsh especially if one must endure it alone. Hoping to spend his last winter in solitude, a timid man must declare his love for his sweetheart before her family forces her to be married off.
The Winter
1969
No synopsis available yet.
The Newlyweds
1969
Taiwanese drama film.
Deep in the Mountain
1967
